With the big project finished, I embarked on something smaller a month ago…but I put it on hold. Now I’m at it again.
The grid is one square off on one column so the whole thing is off. Any better ways to make an accurate grid? I know pre-gridded is a thing but I have a couple of meters of that plain 14ct fabric that I want to use up.
How has your week been, did you work on anything exciting?
Honestly I’ve never gridded before so can’t help you there, but hopefully someone has some tips! Looks like a much less involved pattern this time round, that must be a nice break. My guess is some kind of llama pattern?
Anyway, I’m breaking with tradition today. No cross stitch whatever from me all week. BUT, in the spirit of Halloween I decided to face my great crafting fear, and am trying my first ever hand embroidery piece!
So far it’s a bit wonky and also my fingers really hurt, but I’m very proud of sticking with it! This is for a video so I’m not posting it anywhere else cos it’s secret. But you won’t tell anyone, right? 🤫
This is really good! I never would’ve guessed it was your first time. Satin stitch can be a real pain and yours looks really nice.
Thank you! I figured out the knack of sort of waggling the needle under each stitch to help them lay down flat, but actually getting them to go where I want to is still an exercise in frustration half the time. Just takes practice, I suppose!
Oh wow this is beautiful! I should try embroidery too. It seems really practical and I want to customise my clothes. Looking forward to the video! That’s a nice teaser.
It’s a really good guess. That’s an alpaca. I’m surprised people figured it out at this stage. It’s an adorable pattern that got me started with cross stitching…but I didn’t start it until now because I was intimidated by backstitching.
Woohoo! Nailed it! There’s a little toy alpaca in front of me now wearing one of those colourful blanket things, and I guess it was 50/50 alpaca/llama from there 😆
Please don’t feel like I’m shilling videos btw, it’s just often my only time for crafts in a given week overlaps with that stuff so it’s just naturally what I talk about. Anyway if you do try embroidery I can say, make sure your needle is big enough to pull all the strands through comfortably because OW MY FINGERS. That’s my #1 tip so far lol.